The first week of the
2015 Family History Writing Challenge is behind us and we’ve had a very busy week. However, there are still 3 solid weeks of great information still to come
and it’s full steam ahead.
We have over 1000
members this year. WOW!! We’ve come a long way in 5 years from a dozen
genealogists who got together to focus on writing their family history stories.
Members of The
Challenge are exercising their creative brains and formatting nonfiction
stories, others are using the challenge to write up their research in narrative
summaries and essays, some are working on memoirs, while others are turning to historical
fiction based on their family history to get their stories out. We have a wide
diverse group and everyone is welcome.
The Daily Dose this
year has been focused around the components of story and how to find those
components in your research and organize them to frame a story. Members are also receiving daily tips on how
to stay focused on their writing. We’re helping them find a routine, establish
time and space to call their own and keeping them motivated.
Here’s are a few of the
articles from this week’s Challenge, that you get when you register.
What Kind of Family History Should I Write?
Finding Your Focus
Choosing Your Protagonist Ancestor
How to Begin Your Story
The Family History Story Map
There are some great
conversations happening in the writer’s forum, many writers are sharing their
stories and getting helpful feedback from their peers.
This coming week our
first guest author joins us, Jennifer Holik gives us some helpful tips on writing
about military ancestors.
We also have many
writers who are blogging either their stories or about their writing
experiences. I have listed below some of those blogs. They might be new to you
and you may want to check them out and follow them along in their journey.
If you want to dip your
toes in the writing waters, it’s still not too late to join. Once you’re a
member you can catch up on all of last week’s articles in the member’s area. There’s
no competition here, everyone works at their own pace, taking what they can
from the each day’s emails based on where they are in the journey.
We loved to have you
with us. You can register here.
Here’s some of our Challenge Bloggers.
